12So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.


In Context

9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)--Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. These men began to argue with Stephen,

10 but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

11 Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, "We have heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God."

12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.

13 They produced false witnesses, who testified, "This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us."

Acts 6:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him,] and caught him, and brought [him] to the council,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And they stirred up the people, and the ancients, and the scribes; and running together, they took him, and brought him to the council.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him, they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came on him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,